Prevalence of and risk factors for self-reported sexually transmitted infections in Slovenia in 2000

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 722-729

  Grgič Vitek, Marta ^a   Švab, Igor ^b   Klavs, Irena ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; URETHRITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SLOVENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750631602     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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